vindöga

Swedish

Etymology

From vind (“wind”) +‎ öga (“eye”), from Old Swedish vindøgha (vind (“wind”) +‎ øgha (“eye”)), from Old Norse vindauga (vindr (“wind”) +‎ auga (“eye”)). Cognate with English window, Scots wyndo, wyndok, winnock, Icelandic vindauga, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Danish vindue, old German Windauge.

Noun

vindöga n

1. (archaic) window

Declension

Declension of vindöga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vindöga	vindögas
	definite	vindögat	vindögats
plural	indefinite	vindögon	vindögons
	definite	vindögonen	vindögonens

Synonyms

• fönster (used in modern Swedish)

Further reading

• vindöga in Svensk ordbok.